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Planning Commission recommends ADU zone-text amendment to align San Gabriel code with recent state laws
Summary
The commission recommended that the City Council approve ZTA26-002, a citywide zone text amendment to update San Gabriel's ADU and junior ADU rules to implement recent state statutes; the commission also asked staff to analyze a letter submitted to the record and present any recommended ordinance language to Council.
The San Gabriel Planning Commission on Feb. 9 voted to recommend the City Council approve ZTA26-002, a citywide zone text amendment that would revise the municipal code's treatment of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and junior ADUs to implement recent state law.
Associate Planner Marlon Cervantes summarized the proposed changes: updated definitions to clarify which structures qualify as multifamily for ADU limits; a revised gross-floor-area definition that excludes ADU exterior walls; an increase in the maximum number of detached ADUs allowed on lots with existing multifamily structures; removal of certain…
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